Peanut-roaster.



No. 633,791. Pate'tedSepf. 26, |899. 1 N. R.'H. BURNETT.

PEANUT BOASTER.

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UNITED STATES- PATENT l OFFICE.

NELSON R. H. BURNETT, OF CLALT BROOK, TENNESSEE.

PEANUT-ROASTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 633,791, dated September 26, 1899.

Application tiled May 25, 1829. Serial No. 718,250. (No model.)

To all whom, it mag/concern:

Be it known that I, NELSON R. H. BUR- NETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clay Brook, in the county of Madison and 5 State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Peanut- -Roasters and I do declare the following to be alfull, clear, and exact description of the.

invention, such aswill enable others skilled 1o inthe art to which it appertains to make v 2 o hereinafter more fully described, and particularlypointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings the saine reference charactersr indicate the same parts of the invention. y v z5 Figure l is a perspective view of my irnproved peanut-master. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section of the same. l

1 denotes a cylindrical shell closed at its rear end and having its front end` formed 3o with a concentric series of radiating and in-V wardly-projecting segment-al blades 2 2. 3 denotes an axial tube or sleeve fixed in the front and rear ends of the shell, and 4 denotes a stud-shaft removablyxed in the rear end 3 5 of the sleeve and formed with a circumferen-- tial groove 5 on its projecting endl to receive the eye 6 of the'supporting-bracket 7, the yspread outer end of which extends radially a short distance beyondV the periphery of the 4o shell and which formsa support for that endofthe shellwhen lying horizontally on the top of a stove, range, or similar source of heat. The projecting forward end of the sleeve or tube 3 forms a socket for the re- 45 movable shaft 8 which is preferably made of wood or some other suitable' non-conductor of heat, and itsv outer end terminates in a crank-handle 9, by means ofvwhich the shell 1 is rotated.l

5o In operation the shell is set up on end and the peanuts placed inside through the openings in the front end formed by stamping or punching the wingsV and bending then1 in wardly, as shown. The shell is new placed horizontally on the stove, being supported at 5 5 its rear end by the bracket and by its front end rest-ing on the stove. -Then lit is desired. to rotate the shell, its front end is raised from off the stove by .placing one hand under the shaft S and turning the crank with the other 6o hand in the direction of the inclination of the blades or wings. This thoroughly agitates the contents of the shell Without allowing any of them to escape, and after the operation of rot-ation is complete the nuts may be readily ejected. by reversing the rotation of the shell, the Wings or blades now acting as ejector-guides to direct the nuts out of the shell. v

' The device will be found equally efcient 7o for roasting coffee and otherfberries, as well as for a variety of household uses requiring a device of this character.

Vhen the device is vinuse and is not being rotated, the woodenhandle may be removed and replaced when rotating the shell.

v Although the accompanying drawings show my invention in the best form now known to me, at the same time various changes may be made in the minor details without departing 8o 'i from the spirit of my invention as set forth in the claim. p i

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to l secure by Letters Patent of the United States,

The shell l form ed with the closed rear end andhaving its front end formed with inwardly-projecting radial blades, the axial tube fixed in said shell, the stud-shaft fixed 9o in one end of said tube, the supporting bracket loosely mounted on said stud-shaft,

and the removable crank-shaft' mounted in the opposite end of said sleeve, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereuntoset my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. y

NELSON R. H. BURNETT.

Witnesses:

W. A. CALDWELL, C. P. BLACK. 

